On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 15:18 +0930, Tim wrote: > A new post button, to write a new message to that group, that wasn't > an erroneous reply to a prior post. A feature sadly lacking from mail > clients when they're working with list mail, that could quite easily > be added to the toolbar (or an always-there one activated) when a > message with list details in their headers was selected. Ironically, a few days ago I reported a minor bug in the Post Message to List function of Evolution. The bug seems to have gone unnoticed because no-one ever uses that feature. Of course, not being on the tool bar and not having a keyboard shortcut probably contribute to that, especially as the various Reply and New Message variants do have such things. Going a little OT now: I also agree with the rest of your post (and see no reason to quote it in its entirety :-), but I wonder if we're all just rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic when it comes to mailing lists. I have the impression that the whole ml thing is actually a poor man's Usenet, invented because everyone has mail. Years ago I tried to promote a (local) News structure in my University as a medium of discussion, and there was just no way I could get people to use it. The old saying "to a guy with a hammer, every problem is a nail" applies here. Alternative mechanisms such as bboards etc. also just didn't cut the mustard because people are *very* reluctant to learn a new tool unless the benefit to them (not to the institution) is immediately clear. So now we're having to consider Facebook, Twitter, you-name-it. Yech. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
